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GALLERY: SPLASH Fall 2022

Daily Free Press Staff September 12, 2022
Thousands of Boston University students attended the Fall 2022 SPLASH club fair on Nickerson Field on Saturday, Sept. 10.
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BU Marriage Pact matches compatible students, provides connection amid pandemic

Molly Farrar March 29, 2021
BU Marriage Pact uses algorithm to bring compatible students together after filling out a survey.
Remo’s virtual meeting platform. Ahead of SPLASH 2.0 Saturday, Boston University’s Student Activities Office will address technological issues on Remo that created problems for SPLASH participants during the Fall. ILLUSTRATION BY HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Virtual SPLASH 2.0 to change format from Fall

Katarzyna Jezak January 29, 2021
Boston University’s SPLASH — the biannual student activities fair — will host its second virtual iteration on Zoom Saturday.
Geoffrey Hodgkins, secretary of Society of Athletic Training Students, attends a training session Sunday for OrgSync, a tool for organizing student groups that launched this week. PHOTO BY HEATHER GOLDIN/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

SAO launches new student organization platform

Heather Goldin January 26, 2015

The Boston University Student Activities Office will launch a new online platform Monday using OrgSync, a club management tool, replacing its current system, YouDo. On Saturday and Sunday, SAO staff...

Members of Boston University web development club Open Web discuss their website design plans for the Public Relations Student Society of America. PHOTO COURTESY OF IVAN UVAROV

New BU club aspires to help nonprofits through web development

Ella Torres November 5, 2014

What started out as a motivational bribe helped kick start Boston University’s newest and only web development club, Open Web. Ivan Uvarov, a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences, and the co-founder...

Ross Huston (COM ‘15) and Will Dowsett (COM ‘16) dub as a young girl and clown at the Liquid Fun event at Faneuil Hall Sunday. PHOTO BY CARLY ROSE WILLING/DAILY FREE PRESS CONTRIBUTOR

BU comedy group Liquid Fun performs at Faneuil Hall

Shannon Zeng October 1, 2014

The sun streamed down on a restless crowd Sunday afternoon at Faneuil Hall Marketplace. Local Berklee College of Music band Amy and the Engine had just wrapped up, and everyone was ready for a good laugh...

Student Activities Consultant Madison Dinndorf (SMG '16) works with Charlotte Miller (SMG '16) and Gwen Jahnke (SED '16) to plan their event. PHOTO BY HEATHER GOLDIN/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

SAO launches improvements in light of student feedback

Heather Goldin September 18, 2014

Following student leaders’ concerns about the Student Activities Office in spring 2014, SAO launched improvements for event planning via e-mail on Aug. 25, said Coordinator of Programs Taylor Sevigny. “In...

Some of the new faces at SPLASH this year include BUST-UP, Off the Cuff Magazine, BU Racing, Club Managers Association of America, BU Public Markets Investing Group and Boston University Statistics Club. GRAPHIC BY EMILY ZABOSKI/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

New school year brings new student groups to campus

Heather Goldin September 3, 2014

There are student organizations on Boston University’s campus for nearly everyone’s passion, from recreational activities and academic clubs to cultural organizations and service groups. Don’t see...

SAO official to start coffee shop for charitable causes

Daily Free Press Admin February 18, 2014

Boston University Associate Director of Student Activities Raul Fernandez has partnered with Austin Ashe to develop a concept for a coffee shop that will donate its profits to charitable causes. The shop,...

Senior Semester offers extended lineup of events for Class of 2014

Daily Free Press Admin February 10, 2014

To send Boston University seniors off in a more meaningful and memorable fashion, the Student Activities Office has extended the length of what was formerly known as Senior Week to include more activities. The...

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